Valdosta, 28 March 2014 — Come
to the SpectraBusters community panel about the Sabal Trail
methane Pipeline Saturday at Valdosta State University, to
learn how the pipeline could affect you, your property, and
our community. Discussion will be followed by a question and
answer session, in this free event, to which elected and
appointed officials and candidates and the public are
invited.

Elected officials and candidates for public office are
invited to a SpectraBusters panel discussion in Lowndes
County, Georgia. Topics will include potential pipeline
routes, property rights (eminent domain, property values),
water issues (aquifer, sinkholes, springs), whether Florida
even needs more power, better power sources (solar, wind,
conservation, and efficiency), noise, health, and hazards.
SpectraBusters and allies from all states are invited to
attend, and are encouraged to hold panels elsewhere.

The pipeline company was invited
but declined. We’ll hold a chair in case they change
their mind.

The Student Union is on the east
side of Oak Street, across from Baytree Road. The
Theater
is on your left as you go in the
front door. There is a large parking lot on the west side of
Oak Street, south of Baytree.

Why: Spectra Energy, which had compressor station
leaks in Maine in January and in Pennsylvania last year,
plus multiple fines by Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) for corrosion and leaks, and a record
$15 million EPA fine for PCB contamination, proposes a
hundred-foot-wide gash through our lands for their huge
36 inch Sabal Trail gas pipeline from Alabama through
Georgia to feed Florida Power and Light (FPL) and Duke
Energy for no benefit to local citizens and rate hikes for
FPL customers. A one-time payment is not enough for
decreased property values, permanent destruction, and
hazards of leaks and explosions, when FPL and Spectra and
Duke would profit forever. The gas comes from fracking in
Pennsylvania and Texas, destroying watersheds, farmlands,
and drinking water.

Conservation, efficiency, and
solar power are cheaper and bring jobs and energy here where
we need them.